Supports dialog box

Use the dialog to enter parameters of beam supports.

Access:

Ribbon: Design tab Frame panel Beam/Column Calculator
  • Click the Beam Calculation tab. In the Loads & Supports drop-down list select Supports, and on the toolbar click Add Fixed Support or Add Free Support.
  • In the Loads & Supports area of the Calculation tab, select free or fixed support in the tree control, and click Support properties.
  • Double-click the support preview in the Autodesk Inventor window.

Distance

Enter the distance value which defines the distance of the restraint from the left side of the element.

Yielding

Define the plasticity for XY and XZ planes.

Radial Displacement

Enter the radial displacement values for XY and XZ planes.

Parent page: Beam and Column Calculator